WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SO BAD FOR STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH? The state of mental health across Wisconsin’s public universities in 4 charts.

FIRST ARGENTINA, NOW THIS: Anti-Islam Populist Geert Wilders Heading for a Massive Win in Netherlands.

“15 MINUTE CITIES” — built on “ableist” assumptions.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: KitchenAid KSMMGA Metal Food Grinder Attachment. #CommissionEarned

AND OF COURSE NOT ALL WILL TELL STRANGERS: Half of Respondents in NBC Poll of Voters Say They Live in Household with a Gun. “This month, 56% of white voters report that they or someone in their household owns a gun and 41% of Black voters say the same.”

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DEVELOPING: Bridge connecting US and Canada closed after vehicle explosion, FBI says “situation is very fluid.” Videos here.

UPDATE: Report: Terror Attack.

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I PREFER THE DARK MEAT: Could eating turkey ease colitis? Study suggests extra tryptophan could reduce risk of future flares.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Judge Obliterates Oregon’s Newest Gun Grab.

BREAKING: Explosion Reported at U.S.-Canada Rainbow Bridge Border Crossing.

HMM: Researchers identify quercetin as possible cause of ‘red wine headaches.’ I take quercetin and it doesn’t give me headaches, but neither does red wine.

NOBODY CAN AFFORD TO BUY, NOBODY CAN AFFORD TO SELL: Home sales fell to a 13-year low in October as prices rose.

NOT MENTIONED: PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRED FOR REFUSING THE COVID VAX. State health director: It will take 20 years to recover from shortage of health care workers.

I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK: ‘RIP Mr. President.’

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE: South Carolina teacher arrested for having sex with student in Pizza Hut parking lot.” “Reagan Anderson, 27, is facing two counts of sexual battery with a child 17 years of age, according to an arrest warrant obtained by WCSC. . . . ‘No young quarterback or athlete is safe in our community if this woman is free.'”

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Shortlist For EPA’s Multi-Billion Dollar ‘Green’ Fund Features Groups With Deep Connections To Biden Admin, Dems.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Christian high school sues after it’s banned from all athletic tournaments for forfeiting game over transgender player.

EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED: The Georgetown Effect: “Decolonization” studies at a premier training ground for future American diplomats is having a deleterious effect on U.S. foreign policy.

DOMESTIC TERROR: Man agrees to plead guilty to firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion group office in 2022.

THIS IS CNN: CNN’s Deep Dumpster Dive Into the Shoplifting Epidemic Is Pure Garbage.

THE USUAL WAY, BY LYING: “How could you be a specialist in political rhetoric and not realize that war rhetoric is very common in political speech about domestic matters?” The goal is to portray Trump as deviant, even when he’s doing the same thing as everyone else.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: ThermoPro TP19H Digital Meat Thermometer for Cooking. #CommissionEarned

IF THEY AREN’T TOUGH, THEY’RE POINTLESS: AP tests are tough: Is the bar too high for disadvantaged students?

LOL: Hamas sympathizers now calling Biden “Genocide Joe.”

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: A Radical Democrat Proposal: Treat Black Voters Like They Matter. “Why is the issue of wooing black voters even an issue, anyway? The old message — Dems good, Republicans will put y’all back in chains — has worked so well for so long. Well, thanks to two men, that message isn’t working as well as it once did.”

XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT: China’s Self-Inflicted Economic Wounds.

Perhaps the greatest threat to China’s economic growth and development is Xi himself. Xi has spent the last few years tightening government control over all aspects of life in the country, including the economy. The regulatory crackdown on large tech companies like Alibaba, which began in late 2020, is a case in point.

Though regulators have since backed off somewhat, and China’s government is actively supporting high-tech industries like electric vehicles, Xi’s obsession with control continues to pose a serious threat to China’s prospects. Not only does it hamper innovation by domestic firms; it also discourages foreign investment.

Already, foreign companies, such as the polling and consultancy group Gallup, are fleeing the country. This can be partly explained by China’s economic slowdown, which has reduced the availability of high-return investment opportunities and, together with demographic trends, promises to shrink the Chinese market over time. But, with China still targeting 5% growth, there is clearly more going on.

In fact, foreign companies worry about becoming the target of spurious antitrust investigations, and fear that the newly expanded, but deliberately vague counter-espionage law could result in them being punished for normal business activities. Of course, US restrictions on high-tech exports to and investment in China are not helping matters.

China today shares many features with Japan in the 1980s. But the biggest risks to its economic prospects are all homegrown.

But don’t get cocky. Xi doesn’t seem to care if the average Chinese’ standing improves, so long as China’s standing improves relative to the US. If that can’t be done by improving things in China, it can be done by hurting the US.

From TikTok to energy policy to leaky infectious disease labs, he has plenty of tools for doing just that.